US6283580B1 - Method of operation of an acoustic ink jet droplet emitter utilizing high liquid flow rates - Google Patents
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US09/359,520 US6283580B1 (en) | 1999-07-23 | 1999-07-23 | Method of operation of an acoustic ink jet droplet emitter utilizing high liquid flow rates |
CA 2313710 CA2313710C (en) | 1999-07-23 | 2000-07-11 | An acoustic ink jet printhead design and method of operation utilizing ink cross-flow |
JP2000214071A JP4467725B2 (en) | 1999-07-23 | 2000-07-14 | Droplet generator array and method for acoustically generating droplets |
EP20000115326 EP1070586B1 (en) | 1999-07-23 | 2000-07-14 | An acoustic ink jet printhead design and method of operation utilizing ink cross-flow |
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US6464337B2 (en) * | 2001-01-31 | 2002-10-15 | Xerox Corporation | Apparatus and method for acoustic ink printing using a bilayer printhead configuration |
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US20090301550A1 (en) * | 2007-12-07 | 2009-12-10 | Sunprint Inc. | Focused acoustic printing of patterned photovoltaic materials |
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US5087931A (en) | 1990-05-15 | 1992-02-11 | Xerox Corporation | Pressure-equalized ink transport system for acoustic ink printers |
WO1998057809A1 (en) | 1997-06-17 | 1998-12-23 | Seiko Epson Corporation | Ink jet recording head |
EP1013432A2 (en) | 1998-12-14 | 2000-06-28 | SCITEX DIGITAL PRINTING, Inc. | Cooling of high voltage driver chips |
US6134291A (en) | 1999-07-23 | 2000-10-17 | Xerox Corporation | Acoustic ink jet printhead design and method of operation utilizing flowing coolant and an emission fluid |
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US5087931A (en) | 1990-05-15 | 1992-02-11 | Xerox Corporation | Pressure-equalized ink transport system for acoustic ink printers |
WO1998057809A1 (en) | 1997-06-17 | 1998-12-23 | Seiko Epson Corporation | Ink jet recording head |
EP0931650A1 (en) | 1997-06-17 | 1999-07-28 | Seiko Epson Corporation | Ink jet recording head |
EP1013432A2 (en) | 1998-12-14 | 2000-06-28 | SCITEX DIGITAL PRINTING, Inc. | Cooling of high voltage driver chips |
US6134291A (en) | 1999-07-23 | 2000-10-17 | Xerox Corporation | Acoustic ink jet printhead design and method of operation utilizing flowing coolant and an emission fluid |
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US6464337B2 (en) * | 2001-01-31 | 2002-10-15 | Xerox Corporation | Apparatus and method for acoustic ink printing using a bilayer printhead configuration |
US20030231225A1 (en) * | 2002-06-14 | 2003-12-18 | Canon Kabushiki Kaisha | Ink-jet head, its driving method, and ink-jet recording apparatus |
US6955416B2 (en) * | 2002-06-14 | 2005-10-18 | Canon Kabushiki Kaisha | Ink-jet head, its driving method, and ink-jet recording apparatus |
US20090301550A1 (en) * | 2007-12-07 | 2009-12-10 | Sunprint Inc. | Focused acoustic printing of patterned photovoltaic materials |
US20100184244A1 (en) * | 2009-01-20 | 2010-07-22 | SunPrint, Inc. | Systems and methods for depositing patterned materials for solar panel production |
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